A few days ago some of the world's most famous musicians gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first International Jazz Day. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day (1)to raiseto raise (raise) awareness (認(rèn)識(shí)) of jazz music and its importance across(2)culturescultures (culture).
(3)ActuallyActually (actual) in America the jazz audience continues to decrease and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.
It's Jason Moran's job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center's artistic (4)adviseradviser(advise) for jazz, Moran hopes to help more people appreciate jazz and preserve its history and culture.
Moran says one of the problems(5)withwithjazz today is that the music can't entertain people. In his opinion, the music can't (6)be presentedbe presented(present) today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not (7)thethesame.
Last year, Moran (8)arrangedarranged(arrange) Fats Waller's music, (9)whichwhichwas generally considered to be concert music, for a dance party. What he wants is that people understand how we humans talk about (10)ourselvesourselves(we) through music and how music gets us into a dialog about our emotions and our thoughts.
【考點(diǎn)】人與自我.
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